President Donald Trump blasted the California government as “incompetent” after he deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles amid the ongoing unrest.
The move came after days of rowdy demonstrations that saw protesters hurling flaming objects at officers and setting cars on fire, expressing opposition to raids on undocumented migrants across the city.
“We are going to bring the National Guard in tonight. We are making Los Angeles safer,” Trump’s Immigration Chief Tom Homan said Saturday.
“Mayor (Karen) Bass should be thanking us.”
Bass said that the President’s decision to deploy the National Guard was “completely unnecessary,” insisting that the city is “well equipped to handle” any violence.
“That is going to agitate the population. That is not going to solve the problem,” she said.
“2000 officers, 2000 in our city, will not be a positive thing and will not be helpful.”
